2017-04-11 P&E Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 1 Housing Needs Assessment

Figure 32. Dwelling tenure by locality, 2011




Source: AEC Group 2015;

3.2 Social Housing Characteristics
The provision of social housing is the responsibility of the Queensland Government. Social
housing comprises public housing and community housing. Public housing is funded and
managed by the State Government; and community housing is funded by either the Australian or
the State Government and managed by the not-for-profit sector.

In recent years there have been a small number of larger, commercially sophisticated not-for-
profit providers operating alongside the existing State and Territory-run housing authorities to
provide ‘affordable housing developments’. Organisations such as ‘housing companies’ utilise
financial measures such as working with banks, developers and other commercial partners to
leverage finance and construct more dwellings than they would have been able to do through
government grants alone. Some developments include retail or commercial spaces, which
increase the diversity and viability of the development, enhance street activation and provide
positive opportunities to partner with business and community organizations.

3.2.1    Public Housing
Provision
Data provided by the Department of Housing and Public Works (Queensland Government 2016f)
shows that there were 383 available public housing dwellings for rental in Noosa Shire in 2015
(Table 9).

The majority of these were located in the Tewantin and Northern Coast area with 194 dwellings
located in those areas. A further 92 dwellings were located in Noosa Heads and Southern Coast,
54 in Cooroy and Surrounds, and 33 in Munna Point and Noosaville. Public housing provided in
Noosa Shire was primarily general stock with 307 dwellings being general stock, compared with
75 dwellings for senior accommodation and just 1 dwelling part of the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander housing rental program.




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